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﴿ فَاسْأَلُوا أَهْلَ الذِّكْرِ إِن كُنتُمْ لَا تَعْلَمُونَ ﴾

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Guidance for those who eat the pre-dawn meal early and sleep through the Fajr prayer

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Question : Some people eat their pre-dawn meal early and then sleep, which causes them to miss the prayer with the congregation. Do you have any guidance on this?

Answer : Yes, we hold that this is contrary to the Sunnah, and that the Sunnah is for a person to delay his pre-dawn meal until it ends at the appearance of the dawn. As the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him) used to delay it.
As for if this is accompanied by sleeping through the Fajr prayer, then there is no doubt that this is forbidden. I mean sleeping through the Fajr prayer, by delaying the prayer past its time intentionally without an excuse. This necessitates that Allah the Exalted will not accept it. Due to the saying of the Prophet (peace and blessings be upon him)
He who did any act for which there is no sanction from our behalf, that is to be rejected.من عمل عملا ليس عليه أمرنا فهو رد
Sahih Muslim 1718b
. And the prayer after its time has passed without an excuse? It is an act that is not in accordance with the command of Allah and His Messenger, so it is rejected.
Then I am amazed at people who fast but do not pray. How can there be fasting without prayer? How can there be fasting when the Prophet said
The Messenger of Allah (ﷺ) said: “Whoever does not give up forged speech and evil actions and does not abandon foolishness, Allah is not in need of his leaving food and drinkصلى الله عليه وسلم من لم يدع قبل قول الزور والعمل به والجهل فليس لله حاجة في أن يدع طعامه وشرابه؟
Bulugh al-Maram 5:14

Allah the Exalted did not want us to fast from what He has made lawful of the good things. Then we violate what He has forbidden of words or actions. Or we abandon what is obligatory upon us, especially the prayer. May these people fear Allah, whom Satan has played with, so that he made them forget the remembrance of Allah. Yes. May Allah reward you.
Source قناة «فضيلة الشيخ محمد بن صالح العثيمين»، 228- توجيه لمن يتسحر مبكراَ وينام عن صلاة الفجر /سؤال على الهاتف /ابن عثيمين — youtube.com

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